vert
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɜːt/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /vɝt/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English vert, borrowed from Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Doublet of virid, which was borrowed directly from Latin.
NounEdit
vert (countable and uncountable, plural verts)
- (heraldry) A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
- vert:
- (archaic) Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
- (archaic) The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest.
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
- “I understand thee,” said the King, “and the Holy Clerk shall have a grant of vert and venison in my woods of Warncliffe.”
TranslationsEdit
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See alsoEdit
- vt. in heraldic contexts.
- Appendix:Colors
AdjectiveEdit
vert (comparative more vert, superlative most vert)
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Etymology 2Edit
Abbreviation of vertical.
NounEdit
vert (plural verts)
- (colloquial) In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition.
- A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
vert (plural verts)
Etymology 4Edit
From Latin vertere (“to turn, overturn”).
VerbEdit
vert (third-person singular simple present verts, present participle verting, simple past and past participle verted)
- (archaic or literary) To turn.
- 1659, Thomas Fuller, “The Eleventh Book, Containing the Reign of K. Charls”, in The Appeal of Iniured Innocence: unto the Religious Learned and Ingenuous Reader. In a Controversie Betwixt the Animadvertor Dr. Peter Heylyn and the Author Thomas Fuller., London: […] W. Godbid, […], part III, page 21:
- Theſe are Ani-mad-versions indeed, when a Writer’s words are madly verted, inverted, perverted, againſt his true intent, and their Grammaticall ſenſe.
- 1859, George Meredith, “In Which the Hero Takes a Step”, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, page 198:
- Hippias not only came aboveground, he flew about in the very skies, verting like any blithe creature of the season.
- 1879 December 6, J[ames] Matthews Duncan, “On Retention of Mucus”, in The Medical Times and Gazette. A Journal of Medical Science, Literature, Criticism, and News., volume II, number 1536, London: […] J. & A. Churchill, […], page 630:
- A lady had ulceration of the interior of the body of the uterus, which was not flexed or verted: […].
- 1903 February 7, R. C. Matheny, “Imbalance and Insufficiency of the Eye Muscles”, in George F[rederick] Shrady [Sr.] and Thomas L[athrop] Stedman, editors, Medical Record: A Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery, volume 63, number 6 (whole 1683), New York, N.Y.: William Wood and Company, page 210:
- For instance, all of the muscles of the eyes may be relatively weak. The ducting or verting power is not as great as it should be.
ReferencesEdit
- “vert”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “vert”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Cf. Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish verde.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /vɛʁ/
France (Paris) (file) France (West) (file) - (Quebec) IPA(key): /vaɛ̯ʁ/
Quebec (Quebec City) (file) - (Louisiana) IPA(key): /væ(r)/
- Homophones: ver, verre, verres, vers, verts, vair, vaire
- Rhymes: -ɛʁ
NounEdit
vert m (plural verts)
AdjectiveEdit
vert (feminine verte, masculine plural verts, feminine plural vertes)
Derived termsEdit
- algue verte
- béret vert
- carte verte
- chêne vert
- chou vert et vert chou
- citron vert
- classe verte
- en dire des vertes et des pas mûres
- énergie verte
- fée verte
- feu vert
- haricot vert
- heure verte
- langue verte
- l'herbe est toujours plus verte ailleurs
- l'herbe est toujours plus verte dans le pré du voisin
- maillot vert
- main verte
- numéro vert
- oignon vert
- olive verte
- Parti vert
- pic vert
- salade verte
- se mettre au vert
- thé vert
- tourisme vert
- vert de colère
- vert de jalousie
- vert de peur
- vert de rage
- vert pomme
- voie verte
- volée de bois vert
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
See alsoEdit
blanc | gris | noir |
rouge; cramoisi | orange; brun | jaune; crème |
vert citron | vert | menthe |
cyan; bleu canard | azur | bleu |
violet; indigo | magenta; pourpre | rose |
Further readingEdit
- “vert”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
FriulianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Latin viridis. Compare Italian verde.
AdjectiveEdit
vert
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HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
vert
ParticipleEdit
vert
- past participle of ver
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
vert (uncountable)
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “vert, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
NounEdit
vert (uncountable)
ReferencesEdit
- “vert, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Low German wert.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
vert m (definite singular verten, indefinite plural verter, definite plural vertene)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “vert” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Middle Low German wert.
NounEdit
vert m (definite singular verten, indefinite plural vertar, definite plural vertane)
Derived termsEdit
VerbEdit
vert
ReferencesEdit
- “vert” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Compare Italian verde and Spanish verde.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
vert m (oblique plural verz or vertz, nominative singular verz or vertz, nominative plural vert)
AdjectiveEdit
vert m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vert)
- green, of a green color
DeclensionEdit
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DescendantsEdit
WalloonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Cf. French vert, Italian verde and Spanish verde.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
vert